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Circular  no.  75. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY, 

L.  O.  HOWARD,  Entomologist  and  Chief  of  Bureau. 


REQUIREMENTS  TO  BE  COMPLIED  WITH  BI  NURSERYMEN  OR  OTHERS 
WHO  MAKE  INTERSTATE  SHIPMENTS  OF  NURSERY  STOCK.' 

By  A.  F.  Burgess, 
Secretary  of  the  American  Association  of  Horticultural  Inspectors. 

For  the  information  of  nurserymen  or  other  persons  who  desire  to  ship 
nursery  stock  to  points  outside  the  States  in  which  their  nurseries  are 
located  a  brief  statement  of  the  requirements  is  given  herewith.  Changes 
are  continually  being  made  on  account  of  the  enactment  of  new  laws  or 
the  amendment  of  old  ones,  and  modifications  of  the  regulations  of  dif- 
ferent States  are  made  from  time  to  time  by  the  authorities  in  charge 
of  the  enforcement  of  the  laws.  For  the  convenience  of  nurserymen 
who  majT  wish  to  write  to  the  officials  in  charge  of  inspection  work  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  latter  are  given. 

Alabama. — Persons  shipping  stock  into  the  State  must  file  a  signed 
duplicate  certificate  of  inspection  and  obtain  official  tags,  which  must 
be  placed  on  each  shipment,  in  addition  to  a  copy  of  the  certificate. 
Cost  of  tags,  60  cents  per  hundred,  or  $2.25  per  thousand.  Five  cents 
per  hundred  must  be  added  for  postage.  Mr.  R.  S.  Mackintosh,  State 
Horticulturist,  Auburn,  Ala.      (Act  of  1903.) 

Arizona. — No  nursery-inspection  law. 

Arkansas. — Shipments  must  bear  a  certificate  of  inspection.  Mr. 
C.  F.  Adams,  State  Inspector,  Fayetteville,  Ark.      (Act  of  1903.) 

California. — Shipments  of  stock  sent  into  the  State  are  subject  to 
inspection  and  must  bear  the  name  of  the  consignor  and  consignee  and 
a  statement  of  where  the  stock  was  grown.  Notice  of  shipments  should 
be  made  to  Hon.  Ellwood  Cooper,  Commissioner  of  Horticulture,  Sacra- 
mento, Cal. 

Colorado. — Stock  subject  to  inspection  by  county  inspectors,  who 
are  appointed  by  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  Denver,  Colo. 
(Amended  act  of  1897.) 

Connecticut. — Shipments  of  stock  into  the  State  must  bear  certificates 
of  inspection,  issued  by  a  State  or  Government  officer,  and  a  statement  by 

1  Drafted  by  Mr.  Burgess  from  a  collection  of  the  State -laws  against  injurious 
insects,  compiled  by  the  Entomologist  and  soon  to  be  published  as  a  bulletin  of 
C  f^  the  Bureau. 

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the  owner  that  they  have  been  thoroughly  fumigated.  Dr.  W.  E.  Brit- 
ton,  State  Entomologist,  New  Haven,  Conn.      (Amended  act  of  1903.) 

Delaware.— Shipments  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with 
official  certificates  of  inspection.  Mr.  Wesley  Webb,  Dover,  Del. 
(Amended  act  of  1901.) 

Florida. — No  law.  Inspections  made  and  certificates  issued  to  local 
nurserymen  by  Prof.  E.  H.  Sellards,  Entomologist,  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station,  Lake  City,  Fla. 

Georgia. — Shipments  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with  cer- 
tificates of  inspection  and  copies  of  the  official  tags  of  the  State  Board 
of  Entomology.  These  may  be  obtained  by  submitting  a  duplicate  of 
the  official  certificate  of  inspection  and  a  statement  that  all  stock 
shipped  into  the  State  will  be  properly  fumigated.  Tags  are  furnished 
at  cost.  Mr.  R.  I.  Smith,  State  Entomologist,  Atlanta,  Ga.  (Act  of 
1900.) 

Hawaii. — Shipments  are  subject  to  the  regulations  of  the  Board  of 
Commissioners  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry  and  are  subject  to  inspection 
and  quarantine  on  arrival  at  Honolulu,  which  is  the  only  port  where 
they  are  allowed  to  be  landed.  For  application  blanks  for  inspection 
and  special  information,  address  Hon.  C.  S.  Holloway,  Secretary,  Hon- 
olulu, Hawaii. 

Idaho. — Persons  desiring  to  sell  or  ship  stock  into  this  State  must  file 
a  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  with  the  State 
Board  of  Horticulture,  conditioned  on  the  faithful  compliance  with  the 
requirements  of  the  law,  and  secure  a  permit  to  do  business  in  the 
State.  Shipments  must  bear  official  certificates  of  fumigation,  and  the 
name  of  the  grower  and  consignee  must  appear  on  the  package.  Mr. 
A.  F.  Hitt,  State  Horticultural  Inspector,  Boise,  Idaho. 

Illinois. — Shipments  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with  cer- 
tificates of  inspection.  Dr.  S.  A.  Forbes,  State  Entomologist,  Urbana, 
111.     (Act  of  1899.) 

Indiana. — Shipments  sent  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with 
cert ili cat es  of  inspection  for  the  current  year.  Prof.  J.  Troop,  State 
Entomologist,  LaFayette,  Ind.      (Act  of  1899.) 

Iowa. — Shipments  sent  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with 
official  certificates  of  inspection.  Prof.  H.  E.  Summers,  State  Ento- 
mologist, Ames,  Iowa.     (Act  of  1898.) 

Kansas. — No  law.  Inspections  of  local  nurseries  made  and  certifi- 
cates issued  by  Prof.  E.  A.  Popenoe,  State  Nursery  Inspector,  Manhat- 
tan, Kans. 

Kentucky.  —  Shipments  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with  offi- 
cial  certificates  of  inspection.  Prof.  H.  Garman,  State  Entomologist, 
Lexington,  Ky.      (Act  of  1897.) 

Louisiana. — Shipments  sent  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with 


certificates  of  inspection.  Mr.  Wilmon  Newell,  State  Entomologist, 
Baton  Rouge,  La.      (Act  of  1903.) 

Maine. — Shipments  sent  into  the  State  must  bear  official  certificatea 
of  inspection,  or  affidavits  that  the  contents  have  been  fumigated  in  a 
manner  approved  by  the  State  Inspector  at  the  shipping  point.  Hon. 
A.  W.  Gilman,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Augusta,  Me.  (Act  of 
1905.) 

Maryland. — Stock  sent  into  the  State  must  bear  the  name  of  the  con- 
signor and  consignee  and  a  certificate  of  inspection.  Duplicate  certifi- 
cates should  be  filed  with  the  State  Entomologist.  Prof.  T.  B.  Symons, 
State  Entomologist;  Prof.  J.  B.  S.  Norton,  State  Pathologist,  College 
Park,  Md.      (Act  of  1898.) 

Massachusetts. — Stock  sent  into  the  State  must  bear  a  certificate  of 
inspection  or  an  affidavit  of  fumigation.  Dr.  H.  T.  Fernald,  State 
Nursery  Inspector,  Amherst,  Mass.      (Act  of  1902.) 

Michigan. — Nurserymen  selling  stock  in  this  State  must  pay  a  license 
fee  of  five  dollars  ($5)  and  furnish  a  bond  of  one  thousand  dollars 
($1,000),  with  satisfactory  sureties.  Shipments  must  be  accompanied 
with  certificates  of  inspection  and,  if  of  species  subject  to  the  attack  of 
the  San  Jose  scale,  certificates  by  the  nurserymen  that  the  stock  has  been 
properly  fumigated.  Prof.  L.  R.  Taft,  State  Inspector  of  Orchards  and 
Nurseries,  Agricultural  College,  Mich.      (Act  of  1897.) 

Minnesota. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  bear  a  certificate  of 
inspection.  Prof.  F.  L.  Washburn,  State  Entomologist,  St.  Anthony 
Park,  Minn.      (Act  of  1903.) 

Mississippi. — No  nursery-inspection  law. 

Missouri. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied  with 
official  certificates  of  inspection.  Prof.  J.  M.  Stedman,  State  Entomol- 
ogist, Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Columbia,  Mo. 

Montana. — Before  selling  stock  in  the  State  a  license  must  be  secured, 
which  will  be  issued  on  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25) , 
and  a  bond  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  must  be  filed.  Stock 
shipped  into  this  State  will  be  unpacked  and  fumigated  at  quarantine 
stations.  Previous  notice  of  all  shipments  should  be  sent  to  Mr.  Fred 
Whiteside,  Secretary,  State  Board  of  Horticulture.  Butte,  Mont.  (Act 
of  1899.) 

Nebraska. — No  nursery-inspection  law.  Local  nurseries  inspected 
and  certificates  issued  by  Prof.  Lawrence  Bruner,  Acting  State  Ento- 
mologist, Lincoln,  Nebr. 

Nevada. — No  law. 

New  Hampshire. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  bear  a  certifi- 
cate of  inspection  or  a  statement  containing  an  affidavit  that  it  has  been 
properly  fumigated.  Prof.  E.  D.  Sanderson,  State  Nursery  Inspector, 
Durham,  N.  H.      (Act  of  1903.) 


New  Jersey. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  be  accompanied 
with  a  certificate  of  inspection  and  a  statement  from  the  shipper  that  it 
is  a  part  of  the  stock  inspected  and  whether  it  has  been  fumigated  with 
hydrocyanic-acid  gas.  Dr.  John  B.  Smith,  State  Entomologist,  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.     (Act  of  1903.) 

New  Mexico. — No  law  relating  to  nursery  inspection. 

New  Yorl\ — Nursery  stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  be  accompa- 
nied with  an  official  certificate  of  inspection  and  must  be  fumigated 
before  being  sold  or  planted.  Hon.  Charles  A.  Wieting,  Commissioner 
of  Agriculture,  Albany,  N.  Y.      (Act  of  1903.) 

North  Carolina. — Shipments  sent  into  this  State  must  bear  official 
certificates  of  inspection  and  should  be  fumigated  and  a  statement  to 
that  effect  signed  and  attached  by  the  consignor.  Duplicate  certificates 
must  be  filed  with  the  State  Entomologist.  Franklin  Sherman,  jr., 
State  Entomologist,  Raleigh,  N.  C.      (Act  of  1897.) 

North  Dakota. — No  law. 

Ohio. — Shipments  must  be  accompanied  with  official  certificates  of 
inspection  or  fumigation.  Agents  and  dealers  must  file  sworn  state- 
ments as  to  the  sources  from  which  their  stock  is  obtained.  Mr.  A.  F. 
Burgess,  Chief  Inspector,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Oklahoma. — The  owners  of  nurseries  who  wish  to  ship  stock  into  the 
Territory  are  required  to  make  an  application  for  a  permit.  A  state- 
ment is  then  secured  from  the  inspector  who  examined  the  stock,  and 
if  this  is  satisfactory  a  permit  is  issued.  Shipments  must  be  accom- 
panied with  copies  of  the  official  certificate  and  the  official  tags  of  the 
Oklahoma  Board  of  Agriculture.  Tags  are  furnished  for  75  cents  for  the 
first  hundred  and  30  cents  for  each  additional  hundred.  Agents  are 
required  to  carry  a  copy  of  the  permit  of  their  principals  and  a  state- 
ment from  said  principals  that  they  are  authorized  to  transact  business. 
Hon.  C.  A.  McNabb,  Secretary,  Board  of  Agriculture,  Guthrie,  Okla. 
(Act  of  1905.) 

Oregon. — Stock  subject  to  inspection  on  arrival  at  quarantine  sta- 
tions. Mr.  George  H.  Lamberson,  Secretary,  State  Board  of  Horticul- 
ture, Portland,  Oreg.      (Amended  act  of  1905.) 

Pennsylvania. — All  shipments  entering  the  State  must  be  accompa- 
nied with  certificates  of  inspection  and  certificates  of  fumigation.  Prof. 
H.  A.  Surface,  State  Zoologist,  Harrisburg,  Pa.      (Act  of  1905.) 

Porto  Rico. — Nursery  stock  will  be  received  only  through  three  ports 
of  entry,  namely,  San  Juan,  Ponce,  and  Mayaguez,  and  must  be  accom- 
panied with  an  official  certificate  of  inspection.  It  is  subject  to  inspec- 
tion by  local  inspectors  on  arrival  at  said  ports  of  entry.  Inspectors 
are  appointed  by  the  Governor. 

Rhode  Island. — Shipments  must  be  accompanied  with  certificates  of 
inspection  or  affidavits  of  fumigation.  Mr.  A.  E.  Stene,  State  Nursery 
[nspector,  Kingston,  R.  I.     (Act  of  1904.) 


South  Carolina —  A  duplicate  certificate  of  inspection  must  be  filed 
with  the  State  Entomologist  and  an  official  tag  of  the  State  Board  of 
Entomology  secured  by  nurserymen  desiring  to  ship  stock  into  tin- 
State.  This  tag  and  an  official  certificate  of  fumigation  musl  be 
attached  to  all  shipments.  Prof.  ('.  E.  Chambliss,  State  Entomologist, 
Clemson  College,  S.  C.     (Act  of  1903.) 

South  Dakota. — Shipments  must  be  accompanied  with  certificates  of 
inspection.  Prof.  W .  A.  Wheeler,  State  Entomologist,  Brookings, 
S.  Dak.      (Act  of  1905.) 

Tennessee. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  bear  a  certificate  of 
inspection.  Duplicate  certificate  must  be  filed  with  Prof.  EL  A.  Mor- 
gan, State  Entomologist,  Knoxville,  Tenn.      (Act  of  1905.) 

Texas. — Duplicate  certificates  of  inspection  must  be  filed,  and  all 
shipments  must  bear  certificates  of  inspection.  Hon.  W.  J.  Clay,  Com- 
missioner of  Agriculture,  Austin,  Tex.      (Act  of  1005.) 

Utah  — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  bear  a  certificate  stating 
that  it  has  been  properly  fumigated  before  shipping.  Hon.  C.  A.  Hick- 
enlooper,  Secretary,  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
(Act  of  1905.) 

Vermont. — No  law. 

Virginia. — Duplicate  certificates  of  inspection  must  be  filed  by  nurs- 
erymen shipping  stock  into  the  State  and  official  tags  obtained  from  the 
Board  of  Crop  Pest  Commissioners;  also  a  registration  fee  of  twenty 
dollars  ($20)  must  be  paid.  Tags  furnished  at  cost.  Mr.  J.  L.  Phillips, 
State  Entomologist,  Blacksburg,  Va.      (Amended  act  of  1903.) 

Washington  — Before  soliciting  or  engaging  in  selling  nursery  stock  in 
this  State  a  bond  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  and  a  license  fee  of 
five  dollars  ($5)  must  be  paid  b}'  nurserymen  and  a  license  fee  of  two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($2.50)  by  agents  and  dealers.  Notice  must  be 
sent  previous  to  the  shipment  of  stock,  giving  the  names  of  the  nursery- 
men and  the  places  at  which  it  is  to  be  delivered.  Mr.  A.  Van 
Holderbeke,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Tacoma,  Wash.  (Amended 
act  of  1905.) 

West  Virginia. — All  stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  be  accompa- 
nied with  an  official  certificate  of  inspection  and  a  statement  by  the 
nurseryman  that  it  has  been  properly  fumigated.  Agents  or  dealers 
who  sell  stock  must  secure  a  license  from  the  assessor  in  the  county 
where  the  stock  is  sold  and  pay  a  fee  of  ten  dollars  ($10)  to  the  sheriff 
of  the  county.  Prof.  J.  H.  Stewart,  Director,  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station,  Morgantown,  W.  Va.      (Amended  acts  of  1903  and  1905.) 

Wisconsin. — Stock  shipped  into  the  State  must  bear  an  official  cer- 
tificate of  inspection.  Prof.  E.  P.  Sandsten,  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station,  Madison,  Wis.      (Act  of  1899.) 

Wyoming. — Any  person  or  firm  wishing  to  do  business  in  the  State 
must  first  obtain  a  license.     Licenses  are  issued  on  application,  for  a 


period  terminating  on  July  1  of  the  next  succeeding  inspection  year 
(approximate^  two  years).  All  applications  must  be  accompanied  by 
the  license  fee  ($25),  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500) 
conditioned  that  the  principal  will  faithfully  obey  the  law  of  the  State 
of  Wj'oming,  and  by  a  certified  certificate  of  inspection  from  an  author- 
ized inspector  in  the  State  from  which  shipments  are  to  be  made.  On 
receipt  of  these,  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  issues  authorized 
shipping  tags  (at  cost).  Nursery  stock  may  not  enter  the  State  and 
transportation  companies  may  not  deliver  unless  such  tags  be  attached 
to  each  and  every  box,  bundle,  or  bale.  The  presence  of  the  shipping 
tag  shall  be  taken  as  prima  facie  evidence  of  inspection,  and  no  further 
inspection  is  required,  though  the  Board  reserves  the  right  to  reinspect 
if  for  any  cause  it  may  deem  it  wise  to  do  so.  For  circular  of  detailed 
information  address  Prof.  Aven  Nelson,  Secretary,  State  Board  of  Horti- 
culture, Laramie,  Wyo.      (Act  of  1905.) 

Canada  — Shipments  of  stock  into  Canada  are  unpacked  and  fumi- 
gated by  government  inspectors  and  must  arrive  within  the  time  speci- 
fied at  the  following  ports  of  entry:  St.  John,  New  Brunswick ;  St. 
Johns,  Quebec;  Niagara  Falls  and  Windsor,  Ontario  ;  Winnipeg,  Mani- 
toba, from  March  15  to  May  15  and  from  October  7  to  December  7.  At 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  from  October  15  to  March  15.  Dr.  James 
Fletcher,  Dominion  Entomologist,  Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Approved : 

James  Wilson, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  5, 1906. 

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